HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Joseph Howe, American Civil War, Red River Colony
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80% labour force, 1867: canada moving to us. Wheat boom: 1860"s after us civil war, needed to eat/ feed soldiers. Land shortage: canadian women were averaging 8 children. Needed to find new land - expansion into rest of the country. French canadians were going to the us trying to find jobs. Maritime community with ties to britain and new england. Dr. charles tupper: ns premier 1863-67, no referendum, coal, halifax become great port. In london colonial office 1868: do(cid:374)"t wa(cid:374)t to talk to hi(cid:373) Stays part of confederation but negotiates: better terms for ns, ns debt and $ grants, cabinet seat fro howe. Sellout us access to fisheries under treaty of washington. Irrelevant: preoccupied with domestic concerns - tenant farmers, railway did not effect pei. James pope"s island railway: debt creates pressure for union with canada, built a little railway on pei, bad idea. Nfdl- atlantic world: britain and us; southern europe, west indies, brazil, cdn tariffs vs. nfld trade.
